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Google’s Android is the world’s most popular mobile operating system designed primarily for touch screen mobile devices like smartphones and tablet computers. It is based on the Linux kernel. Android faces competition from Windows, IOS and Mac OS. It has the largest installed base of any mobile OS and sells more than its competitors combined. It was founded in 2003 by Andy Rubin, Rich Minner, Nick Sears, and Chris White. In 2005, it was acquired by Google. The first version of Android was unveiled in 2008. It has been updated several times since then, with each round named after a dessert or snack. Cupcake (v1.5), Donut (v1.6) and Eclair (v2.0) were released in 2009. Froyo (v.2.3) and Gingerbread (v2.4) came out in 2010, Honeycomb (v3.0) in May of 2011, Ice Cream Sandwich (v4.0) in October 2011, Jelly Bean (v4.1) in May 2012, followed by KitKat (v4.4) in October 2013 and Lollipop (v5.0) in November 2014. The active monthly Android users increased from 538 million in June 2013, to over one billion in 2014. As of 2015, Android has the largest installed base of all general-purpose operating systems. Read More